The European Parliament has announced an “informal deal” that it says will allow greater access to orphan works. According to the announcement “According to the agreed text, a work would be deemed to be orphan...
Read MoreChina has revised its legal framework to promote compulsory licenses for patented medicines to meet public health needs. The government is considering issuing a compulsory license for tenofovir, a medicine recommended for first...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Colombian Senators File Two Lawsuits Against Copyright Bill Passed to Comply with US-Colombia FTA Sens. Jorge Enrique and Camilo Robeldo have filed two lawsuits...
Read MoreSens. Jorge Enrique and Camilo Robeldo have filed two lawsuits against Law 201, the copyright legislation introduced and passed over a three week period last Spring. Law 201 (known popularly as Ley Lleras 2) changes copyright...
Read MoreToday, the Committee on International Development of the European Parliament held a vote on the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement and recommended its rejection by a large majority. The committee believed that passage of the...
Read MoreThe California Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill (SB 1053) that would create an digital library of openly available textbooks, and would allow students to buy hard copies for $20. The textbooks will be published under...
Read MoreThe online petition urging President Obama “to act now to implement open access policies for all federal agencies that fund scientific research” has generated over 25,000 signatures. All petitions posted to the...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Open Access Petition Reaches 25,000 Signatures The online petition urging President Obama “to act now to implement open access policies for all federal agencies...
Read MoreToday, three Committees of the European Parliament voted to recommend the rejection of ACTA by the full Parliament – the Committee Civil Liberties (LIBE), Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and the Committee on Industry,...
Read MoreThe UN Development Programme and UNAIDS released a joint policy brief this week at workshop on the “Use of TRIPS Flexibilities and Access to Affordable ARVs in Asia.” The paper notes that the use of TRIPS flexibilities has...
Read MoreThe Associated Press has reported that “Dutch lawmakers adopted a motion Tuesday urging the government not to sign” ACTA, and that “Lisa Neves Goncalves — a spokeswoman for the Dutch Ministry of Economic...
Read MoreLast, week, the 65th World Health Assembly debated the report on the Consultative Expert Working Group (CEWG) on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination. The report noted the failure of the current international...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest World Health Assembly Debates Convention on R&D for Neglected Diseases Last week, the 65th World Health Assembly debated proposals to increase and coordinate...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Law Professors Declare Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Unconstitutional Without Congressional Approval Last week, fifty U.S. legal scholars sent an open...
Read MoreThe following is an excerpt from Jack Goldsmith’s blog titled “The Doubtful Constitutionality of ACTA as an Ex Ante Congressional-Executive Agreement.” For the full blog, click here. Dozens of scholars have...
Read MoreEarlier this month, the Malaysian AIDS council, an umbrella group of 49 civil society groups, asked the Malaysian Minister of Health to begin a government sponsored program to provide second line treatment to people with...
Read MoreProposals for a global treaty on funding and coordination of medical research and development will be discussed this week at the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva. The proposals grow out of the ongoing debate over the failure...
Read MoreLast February, the Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted a Freedom of Information Act Request to the State Department, asking for documents associated with the department’s review of ACTA. As explained in a blog post...
Read MoreThe Business Software Alliance has produced its 2011 Global Software Piracy Study, which states that 57% of personal computer users have used pirated software, and that the net rate of software piracy is 42%. It finds that the...
Read MoreThe 12th round of Trans Pacific Partnership talks are underway in Dallas. Negotiators are covering intellectual property topics including enforcement and patents. As reported by Inside U.S. Trade, New Zealand, Australia and...
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